Ric Thornton

Here it is guys. We have always had great support from Batcap! by Xstatic and ExpressTech Computers of Salisbury has sponsored the Best of Show trophy the past few events... and now we have others wanting to join in the fun! Car Audio Magazine and now Ascendant Audio have pitched in on the fun as well... Ascendant Audio has offered up a HAVOC 15" subwoofer to be raffled off and given away (was hoping to be here by last months New Year Knockdown but thanks to UPS it didn't arrive in time). So thanks to Nick and Scott for their involvement! This is going to be a fun event, and our friends and special guests B2DaDot and Javonna will be there again hanging with us and signing autographs... you won't want to miss this!!!

lmao... thanks for the mention. I think. "world renowned"... too funny. and I'm trying to figure out why I was competing. I'm glad you beat me in your paper... the only way you could... HAHAHAHAHA seriously, cool story bro. p.s. Gary wants to know if you are going to TRY and beat him at the next show. He said he "farts in your general direction"....lmao

my .40 cal S&W handgun will work just fine, if you are within 120 yards, I can hit you anywhere I want to. open sights, I can hit a bowling duckpin at 100 yards.

the ignorance that still exists is amazing. This guy/girl hopefully will be the one that one day, his daughter, or son, or grandchild will come home with a boy/girlfriend of the opposite race and really throw a monkey wrench in his/her program. HATE really is a bad thing.

Thanks Steve. And thanks for letting us be a part on your forums. A lot of love found on here. Thanks also to Matt Elliott & Gary Webb for all of their help, and Nick Garcia (also on Team Pulse) and Joey Genco (team Pulse) for lending a hand. Thanks to Trippi for letting me work on the hummer.

What about PCA? lol Team Deadly Pulse... lol

This car was featured in Car Audio Magazine.. 1st place at OC Car Show 2009 1st place at OC Car Show 2010 1st place at Funkmaster Flex OC Show 2009 1st place at OC DUB show 2010 1st place at RuffRyders "day in the park 2009"

yes it is. With the DDBEAST we can actually do the same number sealed on the dash (154.7dB) as we do at the headrest. 43hz. no wall. single 15" but he's right it is easier with a lower freq. lol usually higher freq's do better on the dash, lower freq's do better at the headrest and floor, both with the door or windows open on the opposite side.

Ok... I want to share my opinion about DC with you guys. Recently I had a customer with a DC subwoofer that needed a recone done. Ok, well having done many other recones I told him I'd take a look at it, and take care of him if I could. Well... the subwoofer in question was a DC Level 5 woofer...18" This woofer was a monster as I tried to move it...lol the build quality of the subwoofer was actually pretty nice. The only issue I had were the leads.... Now... then I had a customer interested in the subs. Well, I called to speak with Rusty at DC Audio. He was unavailable to speak to me at the moment as he was helping someone else, no problem... I'll call back later. The customer is a friend so I told him when I got some info I'd let him know later that day. About 15 minutes later, my phone rang. It was Rusty on the other end. He answered all my questions politely, as I had a few. Then I went on my way... but I thought it was pretty good customer service on his part to do that. Kudos to Rusty for taking care of business sir. (PS. I am a Digital Designs fanatic myself, but I do need to give credit where it is due.)

I know exactly what Jacob is saying... When I'm in the middle of a build, answering the phone is sometimes NOT an option. I really don't like not being able to answer it... but if they leave a message I always call back as soon as I can.

PULSE CAR AUDIO 2010 SPL BATTLE LEADERBOARD UPDATED 8-24-2010 (total points highlighted in red) Matt Starke (team pulse) single 8" 142.3 dB 30 Matt Elliott (team pulse) single 10" 150.9dB 150 Joey Baker single 10" 134.3dB 8 Eric Trader single 10" 137.2dB 8 Brent Voigt (team pulse) single 12" 147.4dB 128 Jess Webb (team pulse) single 12" 144.5dB 89 Charles Glover (team pulse) single 12" 143.4dB 23 Daniel Vickers single 12" 140.5dB 2 Teresa Boswell (team pulse) single 15" 156.3dB 150 Angelo Matthews (team pulse) single 18" 147.8dB 40 Steve Spedden single15" 142.8dB 16 EdHobby (team deadlyhertz) single 15" 145.0dB 10 George Chrissomalis single 15" 136.2dB 2 Charles Porch single 15" 137.8dB 5 Grant Jones single 15" 139.8dB 4 Deams Larrabee (team pulse) two 8" 142.3dB 40 Josh Holland (teampulse) two 8" 142.4dB 30 Brandon Manley (team pulse/deadly hertz) two 10" 146.9dB 78 Joey Genco (teampulse) two 10" 143.3dB 40 Kaley Elliott (teampulse) two 10" 143.9dB 36 Steve Ward (team pulse) two12" 149.3dB 138 Ron Campbell (team pulse) two 12" 148.6dB 112 Andrew Pittman (team pulse) two 12" 144.9dB 20 Katie Genco (team pulse) two12" 145.8dB 40 Tim Holley two 12" 144.0dB 12 Avon Thorpe two 12" 142.0dB 5 Matt Ellis two 12" 141.2dB 2 Leon Henry (teamdeadly hertz) two 12" 139.0dB 10 Phill Lawrence (team deadly hertz) two 12" 140.8dB 5 Joey Tingle two 12" 145.6dB 8 Leon Purnell two 12" 142.4dB 2 Nick Garcia (team deadly hertz) two 18" 155.7dB 128 Gary Webb (team pulse) two 15" 150.4dB 78 Jeff Lockhart (team deadly hertz) two 15" 148.2dB 16 Scott Snyder (groundshakaz/pulse) two 15" 152.8dB 26 Chris Martin (defiant audio) two 15" 140.2dB 10 Chris McVeigh two 18" 154.7dB 20 John Frank (team deadly hertz) two 15" 146.0dB 2 Colton Berg (team deadly hertz) two 18" 148.1dB 2 Ed Hobby (team deadly hertz) two 15" 149.2dB 20 T.J. Bradney (team deadly hertz) two 15" 145.3dB 11 Jean Cabrera two 15" 142.3dB 6 Mike Helkowski (team pulse) 3 woofers + 150.0dB 124 Andrew May (team deadly hertz) 3 woofers + 147.3dB 70 Jeff Lockhart (team deadly hertz) 3 woofers + 149.5dB 30 Chris Webster (team pulse) 3 woofers + 148.3dB 28 Elliott Hernandez (defiant audio) 3 woofers + 153.1dB 20 Tyron Onley 3 woofers + 142.0dB 7 Jermaine Dashiell 3 woofers + 142.2dB 2 Steve Hasabein (team stetsom) walls of pain 160.2dB 10 BJ January (team stetsom) walls of pain 156.3dB 18 Wally Cropper walls of pain 147.7dB 18 Jack Coleman (team deadly hertz) walls of pain 146.3dB 10 Matt Elliott (team pulse) Box Battle 171.8dB Chris McVeigh Low NLoud 152.2dB Nick Garcia (team deadly hertz) StreetSlam 146.1dB

Street Slam Nick. Congrats to all... scores are up for that show right now.... http://www.pulsecaraudio.org/COMPETITION-CORNER.html

Ok... so shooting a vid today playin around in the shop with Gary's Blazer. wow. all I can say... DD's Wildest Fan!!! Mr. Gary Webb...

Hey fellow SMD freaks!!! I have just added a link to SMD on Pulse Car Audio's website. Click to view the page, and other links... PULSE CAR AUDIO

I have to agree... sorry man... but sounds to me like you are in over your head. consult a local audio dealer for assistance.

yea this thing is something else. highest spl on dash to date with termlab... 157.1dB

It seems like only yesterday I started on this journey with this little baby. Every once in a while it throws a temper tantrum... like today, this poor innocent girl came in to visit with little "DDBEAST" to show it some love. Well wouldn't you know it... the "DDBEAST" got angry and started yelling... Special thanks to Richard and Teresa Boswell for allowing me to babysit this little tyke. To take it on its journey in search of that infamous 160dB with one woofer in a street vehicle (no wall). It's been alot of fun. Thanks to Digital Designs, Powerbass Xtreme, Batcap, Excessive Amperage, Alma Gates (great friend and my hero), My girlfriend (for putting up with the long hours) and to you... the people on these forums and competitions who keep car audio alive. Thank you for allowing me to play. thanks to Nick and the gang from TDH for coming and playing with us at shows (they ain't scared) and to Steve for letting me be on this forum!

COMPETITION CORNER scroll down to bottom of page for event flyer. I tried to attach it here but it says the file is too large.

here's a little something... let me know if you like it.

99% was done in paint.

im just starting with this stuff... but here's something i did for ya..

welcome over Elliott!!

we actually have a few husband/wife teams each with their own car they compete with... Richard and Teresa Boswell Gary and Jessica Webb Matt and Kaley Elliott Joey and Katie Genco (though they are actually split up at the moment... they are both still on the team) and I even have my girlfriend doing her car now.

sorry... my typo... 40 amp fuse. i fixed it.